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Conjugate (medicine) and fester(1) (iou)


Conjugate (medicine)


conjugate
Paired together.

In chemistry, this refers to an acid and a base which can convert to each Other by the gain or loss of a proton (a hydrogen nucleus), which together are called a conjugate acid-base pair. It can also refer to two liquids in equilibrium with each Other.

In mycology (the study of fungi), this refers to a dikaryon with two haploid nuclei in it.


fester(1) (iou)



fester noun. Now rare. LME.
[Old French festre from Latin FISTULA.]
Orig. = FISTULA. Later, a sore, an ulcer; a suppurating place. LME.
A cicatrice or scar (over a festering wound). L15-M16.